Employee Relations Advisor - Telford - Schneider Electric SA

Description

Location

Telford 2-3 days per week

Contract

12 months Fixed Term Contract Position

Scope and Mission

The role is part of Schneider Electric's UK & Ireland Zone, as a global technology group focused on helping customers make the most of their energy. The UK and Ireland territory, which stands at c4000 colleagues, has embarked upon an exciting period of growth and transformation. The scope of this role is to support our Senior HR Business Partners and HR Business Partners with Employee Relations activity, as well as being an active member of the broader HR community.

Employee Relations Advisor Mission

As an Employee Relations Advisor, your mission is to provide expert guidance and support on all aspects of employee relations across the UK & Ireland. You will partner with managers to navigate complex casework, including grievances, disciplinaries, redundancies, TUPE, probation, and performance improvement plans, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.

You will act as a trusted advisor, offering clarity on employee relations policies and procedures and responding to queries to enable effective decision-making.

As a key member of the HR Business Partnering community, you will champion best practices, foster collaboration, and drive consistency in employee relations approaches across the region, supporting a positive and legally compliant workplace culture.

Main Responsibilities

• Employee Relations Case Management: Lead and manage complex employee relations cases across the UK & Ireland, including grievances, disciplinaries, appeals, redundancies, TUPE, probation, and performance improvement plans. Ensure cases are handled in line with company policies, employment law, and best practice, delivering fair and consistent outcomes.
• Manager Upskilling and Support: Coach and support managers through ER processes and investigations, including drafting invitation letters and outcome letters for cases managed (including those raised through TrustLine). Provide guidance to ensure compliance and consistency in approach.
• Performance Improvement Support: Assist managers with the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process, including preparation and attendance at review meetings and formal meetings to provide ER expertise and ensure fair handling.
• Employee Relations Queries: Respond to employee relations policy and process queries escalated from HR Services, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
• HR Business Partner Collaboration: Work closely with HR Business Partners to share best practices, ensure consistency of approach, and contribute to strategic initiatives that enhance employee relations across the UK & Ireland.
• ER Capability Building: Support the planning and delivery of ER compliance sessions and training for managers, promoting understanding of policies and fostering a culture of compliance and fairness.

About You

• Ideally CIPD qualified, with active employment law knowledge
• Ideally 2+ years HR exposure with employee related case work
• English fluent
• Experience of working in a HR department in a variety of more junior roles across the HR model (e.g. HR Services, Talent, Reward)
• Ability to build strong relationships, offering the right balance of support and challenge to key stakeholders
• Strong Employee Relations background and experience of managing complex cases to a successful resolution
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across the HR operating model and wider business
• Ability to work with & manage highly sensitive and confidential data
• Relentless drive & commitment to achieve results and challenge the status quo.

What We Offer

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme
28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays
Holiday Buy & Sell programme
Pension Scheme
Employee Share Ownership Programme
Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options
Gym Flex
Open Talent Market (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally)
Shopping & Dining Discounts
Learning Portal and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation, it's an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve. As a result, our teams are stronger to drive the company's future.

We are proudly participating in the Disability Confident Program offering support to people in the workplace who consider themselves living with a disability.

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IMPACT

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Metrics & Company Info

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

Application Status

This position will be posted until filled.

Equal Opportunity & Trust Charter

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

Schneider Electric upholds the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.